The incident come at a time when the party is in a do-or-double multi-cornered battle in the fortcoming brhanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) this year. With the BJP Getting Stronger by the day, estranged alliance partner Shiv Sena (UBT) Finds Itslf at The Crossroads, Looking for an Agnda to Refurbish ITS Image and Gain Lost Ground.

AT 35.96 Per Cent, The Marathi-Speaking Population in Mumbai is the largi segment in the city as compared to the two other dominant communities, North indians (up to 20 per cent) and gujratis (up to 17 peer cents).

When the late bal thakeray found the shiv sena on June 1966, it has taken a pldge to fight for the rights of the ‘marathi manoos’ or the sons of the soil. He had also proclaimed that shiv sena would be 80 per cent devoted to social work and 20 per cent to politics. This distinction was of the reiterated to remind shiv sena members of their ultimate goal. Over the decades, howver, electoral politics became the mainstay of the party.

While the Shiv Sena (UBT) Styll MainTains Its Commitment to the Sons of the soil as an integral part of the organism, its ambition to expand reflexed a shift in its strategy as it tried to me. Community by shedding its anti-migrant campaign.

In successive elections Held in the late 1990s Agenda.

Yet, for almost four decades, when the undivided Shiv sena and the BJP was alliance partners, it was given to understand that shiv senal party something their marathi vote bank. And the BJP, with its pan-indian image, would hold appelongst the north indians and gujaratis. The formula work for the saffron alliance as they came to the first time in maharashtra in 1995.

For the last 15 years, the Shiv Sena’s emotive ‘sons of the Soil’ plank has been overtaken by the ‘modi factor’. Not surrounded, after it split, Thackery’s party has been experimenting with multiple issues to retain their strong. The split in june 2022 was a body blow. In the 2024 assembly elections, the party only won 20 seats; In the lok sabha, just nine.

This could be Joshi’s Flip-Flop on Marathi and Mumbai Saw Tachary Cashing in the moment to retarate its community to the city ‘sons of the so. Eknath shinde and his shiv saina.

“The BJP has no regard for the marathi manoos because it knows he is not going to vote for them. This is a sadist mentality that has come to the fore. This is a ploy to break mumbai, “Thackery Said.

“The BJP Wants to Undermine Marathis to capture the state. So, it is not just a marathi vs non-marathi issue, but also maratha vs non-marathas and the formula to capture the state by them (BJP), “He alleged, Daring the Make Statemrents in Gjartes. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and West Bengal and Return Safely.

While admitting that joshi’s remark was unwarned, a BJP leader explained that his statement “was misconstrued”.

The BJP has already come under the attack for allegly giving mumbai and maharashtra a step motherly treatment when it comes to Development projects with the Vedanta-Foxconn, bulk drinks pak, and tata air project. Shifted to Gujarat.

A senior bjp minister denied the charges, citing the coastal road, bandra sea link, and metro projects as examples. “Projects Worth Rs 2 Lakh Crore are going on in different phas. Some have been completed and some are onngoing. Ultimately, you have to win the trust of the people, not just raising slogans on Marathi and Mumbai, “He added.

Looking to put an end to the controversy, Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had said, “Marathi is the language of Mumbai … Maharastra. Everyone who comes here should Learn and Respect it. “